Palisade orchards largely escaped freeze damage that hit some other Western Slope fruit producers Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times After parts of the Western Slope faced an unusually warm early spring followed by late frosts in some areas, some orchard owners in Palisade say customers were left with the wrong impression about the region’s signature […]
Mesa County Public Health announced Dr. Kathryn Spangler will be its new medical director, effective June 1. Spangler is a hospitalist at Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, where she has worked the past seven years. Mesa County Public Health said in a news release that Spangler’s leadership roles included the associate chief hospitalist and […]
Western Colorado Hearing Clinic is hosting Lenire Week, June 1–5, in Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs to educate patients about tinnitus and introduce Lenire, the first and only FDA-approved treatment designed to reduce tinnitus symptoms. As part of the weeklong event, Dr. Ross O’Neill, founder and inventor of Lenire, will be a special guest speaker […]
The Business Incubator Center, administrator of the Mesa County Enterprise Zone, announced Downtown Grand Junction has officially been reinstated into the Mesa County Enterprise Zone following approval of a boundary amendment by the Colorado Economic Development Commission. According to a news release from the Business Incubator Center, the amendment restores Census Tract 3 to Enterprise […]
Grand Valley Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mesa Fitness foresee mutually beneficial relationship in Clifton Tim Harty, The Business Times Kevin Lewis said it wasn’t that long ago that he thought the way for Grand Valley Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai to grow was to buy a huge, state-of-the-art building. He looked into it and […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The City of Grand Junction says approximately $19 million in direct city funding and grants has leveraged an additional roughly $43 million in outside-partner investment tied to housing and homelessness projects since 2022. According to the city’s funding breakdown, direct city funding and grants included: $5,043,495 for Grand Junction Housing […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Since 2022, Grand Junction has seen more than $62 million invested in subsidized housing and homelessness-related initiatives through a combination of city funding and partner investment. During a May 4 workshop, city officials also said roughly $460,000 in taxpayer dollars had been spent cleaning up homeless encampments along the river […]
Sometimes, for various reasons, The Business Times isn’t able to print everything it wanted to present in a story. When that happens and we feel the need to provide what the original story was missing, we’ll bring you “More to the Story.” In the May 6 edition’s story about Intermountain Health’s plans to build […]
New hair salon with clever name looks to make the cut in Palisade Tim Harty, The Business Times Feeling nostalgic for the days when Farrah Fawcett’s hair ruled the fashion world? Better yet, do you want to leave the salon with an old-fashioned razor-cut shag? Hailey Moya can do that for you. Are you a […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Grand Junction City Council reached consensus during a workshop discussion that it will not appoint a member of the Urban Trails Committee to the Housing Affordability Code Task Force, then went a step further by agreeing to begin drafting a letter outlining expectations for the committee’s role. The discussion followed […]